rescue.rectangle.Rd
\name{rescue.rectangle}
\alias{rescue.rectangle}
\title{Convert Window Back To Rectangle}
\description{
Determines whether the given window is really a rectangle
aligned with the coordinate axes, and if so, converts it to
a rectangle object.
}
\usage{
rescue.rectangle(W)
}
\arguments{
\item{W}{A window (object of class \code{"owin"}).}
}
\value{
Another object of class \code{"owin"} representing the
same window.
}
\details{
This function decides whether the window \code{W} is actually a rectangle
aligned with the coordinate axes. This will be true if
\code{W} is
\itemize{
\item a rectangle (window object of type \code{"rectangle"});
\item a polygon (window object of type \code{"polygonal"}
with a single polygonal boundary) that is a rectangle aligned with
the coordinate axes;
\item a binary mask (window object of type \code{"mask"}) in which
all the pixel entries are \code{TRUE}.
}
If so, the function returns
this rectangle, a window object of type \code{"rectangle"}.
If not, the function returns \code{W}.
}
\seealso{
\code{\link{as.owin}},
\code{\link{owin.object}}
}
\examples{
w <- owin(poly=list(x=c(0,1,1,0),y=c(0,0,1,1)))
rw <- rescue.rectangle(w)
w <- as.mask(unit.square())
rw <- rescue.rectangle(w)
}
\author{Adrian Baddeley
\email{adrian@maths.uwa.edu.au}
\url{http://www.maths.uwa.edu.au/~adrian/}
and Rolf Turner
\email{r.turner@auckland.ac.nz}
}
\keyword{spatial}
\keyword{manip}